Mika Singh stormed Zee Saregamapa Little Champs Program.

Mika Singh in Zee Saregamapa Little Champs Program.


Mika Singh stormed Zee Saregamapa Little champs Program.


Singer Mika Singh stormed Zee Saregamapa Little Champs Program held on 26th August, 2011 held in Zee TV. He was brilliant with his entry and sang brilliant songs in the program.

He sang generally his hit songs like "ibn-e-batoota",“sawan me lag gayi aag”, “aap ka kya hoga janabewali”, “kabhi to nazar to milao”, etc. In the program the child participants sung their songs in style. Barnali Hota sang one of the classically oriented songs of the film Lekin, which was originally sung by Asha Bhosle. Alka Yagnik said that she did the harkats very well, but required to be a bit soft to maintain the feeling required in the song. Rimsha Deb sang the song “do labso ki hai” composed by RD Burman and sung by Asha Bhosle.

Azmat Hussain sang the song “yaad piya ki aye” which was originally sung by Bare Ghulam Ali Khan. He made everyone spellbound. Mika Singh gave him prize of Rs 50000, and gave each of the other singers prize of Rs 11000 each. It was great gesture on the part of Mika Singh. In fact Mika Singh played the guitar with Rimsha Deb, in the song “do labso ki hai”, and sung the song “sawan me laga gayi” with Azmat Hussain.

Salman Ali and Nitin Kumar were excellent in their songs as usual. Anmol Khatri and Niladri Chatterjee were at the bottom two. At the end Anmol Khatri was eliminated and could not reach the top 6 spot. Even then, listeners should remember Anmol Khatri’s singing specially, his excellent rendition of the song “ajahu na aye balma, sawan beeta jaye” which was composed by Shankar Jaikishan and originally sung by Mohammad Rafi and Suman Kalyanpur.

The comments of Kailash Kher, Adnan Sami, Alka Yagnik and Javed Ali were excellent as usual and even Mika Singh appreciated their efforts in grooming the child participants. All the child participants have excellent potential and will become established singers in future.

Barnali Hota was the best in qawalli special in Zee Saregamapa Little Champs.

Barnali Hota was the best in qawalli special in Zee Saregamapa Little Champs.

Barnali Hota had been the best in qawalli special in Zee TV Saregamapa Little Champs held on 20th August, 2011. She sang Lataji’s song from the film Henna, “aaja ve mahi tera rasta ho dekhdiya” which was composed by Ravindra Jain. She had brought the sweetness required in the song. Alka Yagnik, the mahaguru gave her the best singer’s special cap to her for best performance. Javed Ali and others said that Barnali had proved that she is Hota and not Hoti.

Niladri Chatterjee did an excellent job with the song “na tu karwaki talash hai”. The song was composed by Roshan Lal Nagath in the film Basaat Ki Raat in 1960. Manna Dey, Mohammad Rafi, Sudha Malhotra, Asha Bhosle and others sung the song. The song was considered one of the 10 best qawallies composed in bollywood films. Niladri took the risk and showed his harkat to match the original song. Reema Deb sang the song “allah yeh ada” which was originally sung by Lataji in the film Mere Humdum Mere Dost and composed by Laxmikant Pyarellal. She did justice to the song.

Salman Ali sang Abeeda Parveen’s dangerous qawalli. There were lot of classical renditions in the original song. Salman Ali sang it in his own style. Nitin Kumar sang the song “tu mane na yaa mane” which was originally sung by Badalli brothers. Guru Adnan Sami said that he expected that level of excellence from Nitin Kumar which as missing in the previous episodes. But he returned back with a bang.

Anmol Khatri sang the song “allah allah” which was originally sung by Sonu Nigam, Alka Yagnik and others in the film Dil Ashiyana Hai which was composed by Nadeem Shravan. Alka Yagnik said that for becoming khatra for others, Anmol had to sing even better as the competition had become fiece. Azmat Hussain made everyone spellbound with the song “tu ne to loot liya”. Alka Yagnik gave Azmat Hussain nazrana.

Kailash Kher and Javed Ali used brilliant shayeri to maintain the mood of the qawalli night. The qawalli night was brilliant by every musical standard.

Anna Hazare had glorified Zee Saregamapa Little Champs Program.

Anna Hazare had glorified Zee Saregamapa Little Champs Program in Zee TV.

Anna Hazare had glorified Zee Saregamapa Little Champs program on 12th August, 2011. He came with an Ex- Income Tax Commissioner in the Show.

Rimsha sang the song “bande mataram bande mataram” written by Bankim Chandra Chatterji which was used by Hemant Kumar in the film Anandmath. Niladri Chatterji sang the song “aye mere pyare watan” sung by Manna Dey in the film Kabuliwala, which was composed by Salil Choudhury. Niladri asked Anna Hazare, didn’t he feel hungry when he did hunger strike in respect of Lokpal Bill. He said he felt hungry only for the first day, but from the next day he won over hunger.

Salman Ali sang the song “bande mataram, maa tujhe salaam” which was composed and sung by AR Rehman. Nitin sang the song “bharat humko jaan se bhi pyara hai”, sung by Hariharan in the film Roja, which was composed by AR Rehman. Azmat Hussain sang the song “kar chale hum fida” which was sung by Mohammad Rafi in the film Haqeekat, composed by Madan Mohan and written by Kaifi Azmi.

Barnali Hota sang the song “aye mere watan ke logo” which was sung by Lata Mangeshkar, which once brought tears in the eyes of Jawahar Lal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of the country. Barnali Hota asked Anna Hazare, the reasons for his protests and hunger strikes, what were the implication of his demands. Anna Hazare explained it in his own way.

The program got a new dimension with the presence of Anna Hazare, who is compared with great Mahatma Gandhi in the present age. Due to his intervention none of the child contestants were eliminated in the Zee Saregamapa Little Champs Program.

Usha Uthup glorified Zee Saregamapa Little Champs program.

Usha Uthup glorified Zee Saregamapa Little Champs program.

Padmashree winner Usha Uthup glorified Zee Saregamapa Little Champs Program by being the Mahaguru on 5th and 6th August, 2011. Alka Yagnik had gone for a holiday and Usha Uthup came to judge the performances of the participants in the program.

Very significantly the day was dedicated to the golden music of 1960s. Adnan Sami dressed up like Shammi Kapoor, Javed Ali dressed up like Dev Anand, Kailash Kher dressed up like Guru Dutt. The participants dressed up like the actors and actresses of the golden period and sang their songs.

Very significantly the participants mainly sang the songs of Mohammad Rafi. Niladri Chatterjee sang the song “yahoo chahe koi mujhe jungle kahen” from the film Junglee, sung by Mohammad Rafi and composed by Shankar Jaikishan. Azmat Hussain sang the song “mere pairon me ghungruu bandhade” from the film Insaniyat sung by Mohammad Rafi and composed by Naushad Ali.

Usha Uthup mentioned that God was there in the heart of Azmat Hussain and that was the reason he sang so well. Anmol Khatri sang the song “nain lad jai he wo manwama kasak oi bekari” sung by Mohammad Rafi in the film Ganga Jumna, composed by Naushad Ali. Usha Uthup said he was looking like junior Dilip Kumar. The child participants were excellent in the rendition of the songs.

Rimsha sang the song “yeh dil tum bin kahin lagta nahi ab kya Karen” sung by Lata and Rafi in the film Izzat, composed by Laxmikant Pyarelal. Sanjana sang the song “kajra muhabbat wala” sung by Asha Bhosle and Shamshad Begum in the film Kismat composed by OP Nayyar. Barnali Hota sang the song “parde me rehne do” from the film Shikar, sung by Asha Bhosle composed by Shankar Jaikishan.

Salman Ali sang the song “akele hai chale awo” sung by Mohammad Rafi and composed by Kalyanji Anandji in the film Raaz. Javed Ali praised Kalyanji Anandji for their unique composition and said that they had encouraged new talents. It was Kalyanji Anandji who had brought them in the industry.

Nitin Kumar sang the song “na ja kahin ab na ja” sung by Mohammad Rafi and composed by LP in the film Mere Humdum Mere Dost. Usha Uthup sang the song “haal kaisa hai janaab ka” herself. She had given her musical instrument khanjari to Nitin Kumar as a token of love.

In other episodes, Alka Yagnik used to make her valuable comments along with Javed Ali, Adnan Sami and Kailash Kher. On 5th and 6th August, Usha Uthup did the same, she had literally ignited and glorified the atmosphere of Zee Saregamapa Little Champs program telecast in Zee TV. Her English was as brilliant as her hindi as brilliant as her Bengali. She should be invited frequently in this program.

On Gurupurnima all the gurus including Alka Yagnik, Javed Ali, Kailash Kher and Adnan Sami sang brilliant songs in Zee TV Saregamapa Little Champs.

On Gurupurnima all the gurus including Alka Yagnik, Javed Ali, Kailash Kher and Adnan Sami sang brilliant songs in Zee TV Saregamapa Little Champs.

On 15th July, 2011, it was gurupurnima. It was a blessing in disguise for music lovers all across the country. All the gurus in the Music Contest Zee TV Saregamapa Little Champs sang brilliant songs on that day.

All the child participants in the contest including Niladri Chatterjee, Shilpi, Salman, and others dedicated their songs to their gurus. Singer Javed Ali sang the song “tum mile” in his usual majestic style. Mahaguru Alka Yagnik very honestly said that she never knew the song was sung by Javed Ali.

Adnan Sami with his charishmatic mannerism sung the song “bheegi bheegi raton me”. In fact Niladri Chatterjee received the best singer cap from Alka Yagnik for his performance of the day for the same song “bheegi bheegi raton me”. Kailash Kher sang one of his songs from the Band Kailasha with his own variations.

At the end Alka Yagnik sang the song “jane kitne dino ke baad gali me aaj chand nikla” in her silky voice. She almost enchanted everyone in the show. Very significantly all the judges had disclosed about the creation, composition of those songs, spoke about the lyricists and composers and history of the recording of the songs.

For the child participants it was a very learning experience and they paid their best tribute to their gurus by singing their songs. Competition apart the program Zee TV Saregamapa had created a friendly atmosphere where Kailash Kher with his pure hindi, Adnan Sami with his urdu alfass, Javed Ali with his classical terminology and Alka Yagnik with her musical terminology had praised each other and encouraged the children after telling them their limitations and asking for improvements.

Some contestants had faced defeat at the hands of the others and that may have depressed many music lovers. For example Asmat lost out one week before and Alka Yagnik had confessed that her mother also became sad about the decision. But she had judged the contestants on sheer merit basis, without bias and prejudice.

The viewers expect that all the participants will do even better in the forthcoming rounds and all the gurus will enlighten the music lovers all across the country with their profound musical knowledge.

Adnan Sami had glorified Zee TV Saregama Little Champs Program.

Adnan Sami had glorified Zee TV Saregamapa Little Champs Program.

Singer and composer Adnan Sami had glorified Zee TV Saregamapa little Champs Program held every Friday and Saturday in Zee TV channel. He is one of the judges of the program along with the other judges namely Kailash Kher and Javed Ali. They consult with the Mahaguru Alka Yagnik.

He was born in 15th August, 1973. He had shown his exceptional talent in playing the piano and composing experimental songs in Indian films. He was born and brought up in London, UK. He created his first solo album Raag time in 1991-92. Adnan Sami acted in the film Pakistani film Sargam along with his wife Zeba. Then he created the album Kabhi To Nazar Milao with Asha Bhosle, for which he composed the songs himself.

His song “tu sirf mera mehboob” from the film Ek Ajnabee became a big hit in 2001. His next album Tera Chehra was released in 2002, which also became super hit. He worked with composer AR Rehman in the song “aye uri uri” in the film Saathiya in 2002. From that time he never looked back.

He composed music along with Raghav Sachar in Sunil Shetty’s film Daddy Cool in 2010. In the film the song “daddy cool” sung by Raghav Sachar and Paroma Dasgupta became very popular. He sang the landmark song “nor-e-khuda” along with Shankar Mahadevan and Shreya Ghoshal in the film My Name is Khan released in 2010.

He had won many international awards including the Nigar Award, the Bolan Academy Award, the Graduate award, to name a few.

In the Zee TV Saregamapa Little Champs Program his way of guiding the child competitors had amazed the viewers and listeners. His urdu talaffus had been excellent and he had addressed the child participants like Asmat, Salman and others with lot of respect and dignity. All the judges had used their immense talent to guide the children who had sung difficult classically oriented songs brilliantly.

The country expects a lot from the great singer and composers. The viewers expect that Adnan Sami is going to create new dimensions in the field of music in future.

Happy birthday to Kailash Kher.

Happy birthday to Kailash Kher.

The viewers of bollywood films and the listeners of music wish happy birthday to versatile singer Kailash Kher on 7th July, 2011. He is presently one of the judges of music competition Zee TV Saregamapa Little Champs. He teaches the child singers along with other judges Adnan Sami and Javed Ali, and the performances of the child singers are finally judged by Mahaguru Alka Yagnik. The program had unearthed musical talents from different parts of the country including a child classical singer named Asmat who had amazed everyone.

Khailash Kher’s song “rabba ishq na hove” from the film Andaz made him popular. He stormed bollywood with the song “allah ke bande” from the film Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II. He created a band in Mumbai named Kailasa with two brilliant musicians Naresh and Paresh Kamath.

He sang the landmark song “o sikandar” from the film Corporate. He sang a number of high-pitched song in the film Mangal Pandey – the rising. His song “yah rabba de de koi pyar bhi agar” from the film Salaam-e-ishq” composed by Shankar Ehsaan Loy mesmerized the audience. Also his song “teri deewani” sung under the band Kailasa had been extremely popular.

He performed in North America in 2007 in a concert named “The Incredibles” along with Sonu Nigam, Kunal Ganjawala and Asha Bhosle. Composer AR Rehman had said that when he heard Kailash Kher for the first time he understood that the voice was the voice of a pure soul. Kailash Kher also speaks in very ornamental hindi and high amount of humbleness.

His other hit songs included “meethi meethi bathe” from the film Aap Ki Khatir, “jhatka mare” from the film Kyon Ki, “ankhiyan teri awen” from the film Kaal, “fatak” from the film Kaminey, to name a few.

His march is on. The viewers expect him cross new horizons in future, show his versatile classical touch more and the jugglery of high pitched voice more in the films in future.

Javed Ali in 2011.

Javed Ali in 2011.

Javed Hussain, better known as Javed Ali, was born in a musical family, and his father sang kirtans. He had affiliation towards ghazals, but Anandji of composer duo Kalyanji Anandji asked him to pursue a career in playback singer.

Presently he is the judge of Music Program Zee Saregamapa Little Champs, where he guides a group of talented child singers with the title Javed Ke Abhiroo. He judges the contestants along with the other judges like Kailash Kher, Adnan Sami and mahaguru Alka Yagnik. His comments in respect of the performances of the child singers reflect the gross classical knowledge of music as he gave a recent lecture relating to taan and khatak.

Javed Ali shot to fame in bollywood music in 2007 onwards with his song “ek din teri raahon” from the film Naqaab. He continued the dream run in the film Jodha Akbar with the song “jashn-e-bahaara” composed by AR Rehman.

In 2008, Javed Ali struck form with the song “tu muskura” in the film Yuvraaj composed by AR Rehman. Salman Khan gave lips in the song. Although the film did not do great business, but the songs did great business.

His song in the film Ghajini also did great business. The song was titled “guzaarish” and picturised on Amir Khan and the film excellent business in 2008. The songs also contributed a lot for the success of the film. The music was composed by AR Rehman.

He had also sung the songs in the film Dilli 6. AR Rehman composed music for the film. In 2009, he sang relevant songs in successful films like De Dana Dan and Ajab Prem Ki Gazab Kahani.

He carried forward his success in the films of the following years. He sang in the film Raavan in 2010. In 2011 also he sang in landmark films. He sang in the film Yamla Pagla Deewana. He had also sang in the film Yeh Saali Zindagi. He recent hit songs include “dil dar-ba –dar” in Yeh Saali Zindagi, “tinku jiya” in Yaamla Pagla Diwaana, “maaya yashoda” in Jhoota Hi Sahi, “sauda hai” in Aakrosh, “ranjha ranjha” in Raavan, “gale lag ja” in De Dana Dan, “tu hi haqeeqat” in Tum Mile. The audience expect him to do well in the films of the future.